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“It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement, and remembering.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

“A decision worthy of the name is based on observation, factual information, intellectual and ethical judgment. Opinion—that darling of the press, the politician, and the poll—may be based on no information at all.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters

“We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

“There are choices," she thought, when she had sat long enough. "There are always choices.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sleeper and the Spindle